to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
practice; practising; training; study
the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship
by means of; due to; because of; according to
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
epidemic; plague; pestilence
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
superstition; superstitious belief
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to say; to be called; to do
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
knowing; (an) acquaintance
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?